Poulos v. F. H. Hill Co.

This is an appeal from a decree of the superior court of Cook County dismissing a bill of complaint seeking to restrain the appellee from maintaining a fire escape so as to overhang a lot of appellants, by which decree the appellee was declared to have a perpetual easement over the lot of appellants. Inasmuch as the decree declared an easement and an easement involves a freehold, a direct appeal to this court is authorized. Espenscheid v. Bauer, 235 Ill. 172.

It appears from the record, and the master so found, that the appellants, hereinafter called plaintiffs, were owners in fee simple, as…